2022 Ballon d’Or nominees: Messi, Neymar not on 30-man shortlist; Benzema and Ronaldo nominated
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YEREVAN, AUGUST 13, ARMENPRESS. Karim Benzema has been nominated for the 2022 Ballon d'Or, but there is no place on the shortlist for Paris Saint-Germain duo Lionel Messi and Neymar, Eurosport reports.
Messi has won the award seven times – more than any other player in history – but does not make the list for the first time since 2005. Winners of the Ballon d'Or awards are announced at a ceremony in Paris on October 17.
Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo is on the list after scoring 18 goals in 31 matches for Manchester United last season.
BALLON D’OR NOMINEES
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
Casemiro (Real Madrid)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Luis Diaz (Liverpool)
Fabinho (Liverpool)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund)
Harry Kane (Tottenham)
Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
Rafael Leao (AC Milan)
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich)
Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
Darwin Nunez (Liverpool)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Heung-Min Son (Tottenham)
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Vinicius JR (Real Madrid)
Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
BALLON D’OR FEMININ NOMINEES
Selma Bacha (Lyon)
Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
Millie Bright (Chelsea)
Lucy Bronze (Barcelona)
Kadidiatou Diani (PSG)
Christiane Endler (Lyon)
Ada Hegerberg (Lyon)
Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG)
Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
Catarina Macario (Lyon)
Beth Mead (Arsenal)
Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal)
Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave)
Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg)
Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)
Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg)
Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
Wendie Renard (Lyon)
Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit)
Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona)
KOPA TROPHY NOMINEES
Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund)
Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid)
Gavi (Barcelona)
Ryan Gravenberch (Bayern Munich)
Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig)
Nuno Mendes (PSG)
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
YACHINE TROPHY NOMINEES
Alisson Becker (Liverpool)
Yassine Bounou (Sevilla)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Ederson (Manchester City)
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)
Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt)